Lc Classification Number
Pn1993.5.S7g58 2015
Reviews
This book brings to English-speaking readers some impeccably researched and lucidly written essays by important European film historians. Their rich and diverse film readings demonstrate the authors' deep knowledge of Spanish cinema and its contexts, bringing forward original objects of analysis and tackling films that are seldom discussed. The volume makes a fresh contribution to the debates about national and transnational paradigms and will fascinate researchers and students alike., A lively and engaging, wide-ranging survey of Spanish cinema in its local, global, industrial and intercultural contexts, one that is loaded with provocative analyses of key films and genres and keen to re-articulate their relationship with World cinema., Historically-grounded but never historicist, in its consistent acknowledgement of the importance of power relations in cultural production Global Genres, Local Films usefully complicates the term 'transnational,' thereby rescuing it from the apolitical platitudes by which is all too frequently rendered. This book is destined to make a significant contribution to Spanish film studies., "A lively and engaging, wide-ranging survey of Spanish cinema in its local, global, industrial and intercultural contexts, one that is loaded with provocative analyses of key films and genres and keen to re-articulate their relationship with World cinema." -- Rob Stone, Professor and Chair of European Film, University of Birmingham, UK "Historically-grounded but never historicist, in its consistent acknowledgement of the importance of power relations in cultural production Global Genres, Local Films usefully complicates the term 'transnational,' thereby rescuing it from the apolitical platitudes by which is all too frequently rendered. This book is destined to make a significant contribution to Spanish film studies." -- Steven Marsh, Associate Professor of Spanish Film and Cultural Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA "This book brings to English-speaking readers some impeccably researched and lucidly written essays by important European film historians. Their rich and diverse film readings demonstrate the authors' deep knowledge of Spanish cinema and its contexts, bringing forward original objects of analysis and tackling films that are seldom discussed. The volume makes a fresh contribution to the debates about national and transnational paradigms and will fascinate researchers and students alike." -- Nria Triana Toribio, Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of Kent, UK, "A lively and engaging, wide-ranging survey of Spanish cinema in its local, global, industrial and intercultural contexts, one that is loaded with provocative analyses of key films and genres and keen to re-articulate their relationship with World cinema." -- Rob Stone, Professor and Chair of European Film, University of Birmingham, UK "Historically-grounded but never historicist, in its consistent acknowledgement of the importance of power relations in cultural production Global Genres, Local Films usefully complicates the term 'transnational,' thereby rescuing it from the apolitical platitudes by which is all too frequently rendered. This book is destined to make a significant contribution to Spanish film studies." -- Steven Marsh, Associate Professor of Spanish Film and Cultural Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA "This book brings to English-speaking readers some impeccably researched and lucidly written essays by important European film historians. Their rich and diverse film readings demonstrate the authors' deep knowledge of Spanish cinema and its contexts, bringing forward original objects of analysis and tackling films that are seldom discussed. The volume makes a fresh contribution to the debates about national and transnational paradigms and will fascinate researchers and students alike." -- Núria Triana Toribio, Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of Kent, UK
Table of Content
Foreword Spanish Cinema and the National/Transnational Debate: A Brief Reflection Barry Jordan, De Montfort University, UK Introduction Elena Oliete, Beatriz Oria and Juan Tarancón, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain Part I : Rethinking Spanishness: The Soft Edges of Early Cinema The Tuneful 1930s: Spanish Musicals in a Global Context Valeria Camporesi, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Historical Films during the First Years of the Franco Regime and Their Transnational Models Vicente José Benet, Universitat Jaume I, Spain Realism, Social Conflict and the Rise of Crime Cinema in Francoist Spain Juan Tarancón, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain Luis Lucia's Lola la piconera (1951): Hybridity, Politics, Entertainment Federico Bonaddio, King's College, London, UK Nothing Ever Happens: Juan Antonio Bardem and the Resignification of Hollywood Melodrama (1954-1963) Daniel Mourenza, The University of Leeds, UK Part II : Broadening Perspectives: Crossing Borders, Crossing Genres Carlos Saura's Stress es tres, tres (1968): A New Spanish Cinema with French and American Influences? Arnaud Duprat de Montero, Université Rennes 2, France Violence, Style and Politics: The Influence of the Giallo in Spanish Cinema of the 1970s Andy Willis, University of Salford, UK Spanish Gothic Cinema: The Hidden Continuities of a Hidden Genre Ann Davies, University of Stirling , UK Re-framing Empire: Mediating Encounters and Resistance in Spanish Transatlantic Cinema Since 1992 Noelia Saenz, University of Southern California, USA The Transnational Dimension of Contemporary Spanish Road Movies Carmen Indurain Eraso, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain Rural Spain as a Transnational Space for Reflection in Icíar Bollaín's Flores de otro mundo (1999) Chantal Cornut-Gentille D'Arcy, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain Part III : Appropriating the Global: Self-Conscious Transnationalism Isn't it Bromantic?: New Directions in Contemporary Spanish Comedy Beatriz Oria, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain Malamadres and Bertomeus : Transnational Crime Film and Television Luis M. García-Mainar, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain Local Responses to Universal Sufferings in Isabel Coixet's Transnational Melodramas Hilaria Loyo, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain Transnational Contours and Representation Models in Recent Films about Immigration in Spain Alberto Elena and Ana Martín Morán, Universidad Carlos III, Spain Transnational Identities in Galician Documentary Film: Alberte Pagán's Bs. As. (2006) and Xurxo Chirro's Vikingland (2011) Iván Villarmea Álvarez, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain (In)Visible Co-productions, Spanish Cinema, the Market and the Media Vicente Rodríguez Ortega, Universidad Carlos III, Spain
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Film / History & Criticism
Lccn
2015-018850
Dewey Decimal
791.430946
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts
